There are many personal finance tenets to follow when you decide to take control of your finances. Perhaps one of the most important is this: Don’t pay fees unless absolutely necessary. The average ...

An overdraft occurs when you write a check or initiate a debit card purchase, and your account doesn’t have enough money to cover the transaction. The bank will cover the difference to process the ...

Before you spiral into spreadsheet mode to dissect every expense, Andrea Woroch — a nationally recognized consumer finance expert, writer, and regular on-air contributor — wants you to zoom in on ...

Many checking accounts that charge a monthly fee offer a way to waive the fee. In most cases, you’ll just need to hold a specific minimum balance in the account to avoid paying the fee. If your ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Banking fees can catch consumers off guard, but financial experts say most charges are preventable with the right strategies. Josh Bergman, a financial education specialist at WSECU, ...

Spencer Tierney is a consumer banking writer at NerdWallet. He has covered personal finance since 2013, with a focus on certificates of deposit and other banking-related topics. His work has been ...

Convenience fees are the worst!